Habitats: Mediterranean woodland (5), desert/xeric shrubland (2)
Found in 17 samples
Australia: North Cook Range (grid sites), North Cook Range (transect site), Big Desert, Huntly Mine (mammals), Middleback (wide deep pitfall traps), Stirling Range National Park (drought), Stirling Range National Park (post drought), Kelly Hill Cave (K1–P2) - Layer 2 (Holocene), Kelly Hill Cave (K1–P2) - Layer 3 (Holocene), Kelly Hill Cave (K1–P2) - Layer 4 (Holocene), Kelly Hill Cave (K1–P2) - Layer 5 (Holocene), Kelly Hill Cave (K1–P2) - Layer 6 (Holocene), Kelly Hill Cave (K1–P2) - Layer 7A (Holocene), Kelly Hill Cave (K1–P2) - Layer 7B (Pleistocene - Holocene), Caladenia Cave (Group E) (Holocene), Caladenia Cave (Group F) (Holocene), Mammoth Cave (Late Pleistocene)
See also Cercartetus, Cercartetus caudatus, Cercartetus lepidus, Cercartetus nanus, Cercartetus sp.